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Martin Goldberg (aka Economic Invincibility, see Dec
10 post) has an interesting video on how to self-publish on Amazon (“How to Publish a Book on Amazon”). He is mostly
interested in Kindle Direct Publishing, which incorporates what we used to call
Create Space.
The process seems to be quite a bit simpler than going
through an Author Solutions company like iUniverse or Xlibris.
Martin likes to write out his text longhand before
typing. In this case, there is no
separate typesetting, it appears. Microsoft
Word is used essentially for the typesetting.
I would recommend at least using Microsoft Publisher
for typesetting. Right-aligning the columns
makes a book look more professional (you can do that in Word, but it is not as
good.) Also, you can get a product called Grammarly to help edit.
You definitely need to have another pair of eyes copyedit
your book. Typically, for a 100,000 word
book expect that to cost around $500. Amazon
eliminated its own editorial support (which was located in South Carolina) in
early 2019, as I recall.
I do wonder if terms of service or subject matter
issues could become more sensitive for Amazon in the future, given our
polarized and relentless socially divided climate.
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